(UK, informal) To receive severe criticism or punishment for something one has done.

Alternative form of get it in the neck

plural of neck bearing

(engineering) The part of a shaft that rotates in the bearing proper; a journal.

(rail transport) A length of dead-end track, e.g. alongside a main line, used for the purpose of allowing a train to shunt back into a siding or rail yard without the need for the train to occupy a running line.

A low, U-shaped neckline.

(music, stringed instruments) Τhe junction where the neck (fretted or unfretted) meets the body of a stringed instrument. / (anatomy) One of the joints of the neck (it belongs to the vertebral column).

A chicken of a particular breed that is naturally devoid of feathers on its neck and vent.

Alternative form of halterneck

(of a garment) Closed up to the neck.